Exodus 26

Berean Standard Bible

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God instructs Moses to construct the tabernacle using ten finely spun linen curtains joined by gold clasps, along with an outer tent of eleven goat-hair curtains joined by bronze clasps and covered with red-dyed ram skins and fine leather. Upright acacia wood frames overlaid with gold are to be built for the sides and rear of the tabernacle, supported by silver bases and held together by acacia wood crossbars. Inside, a decorated veil hung on gold-overlaid posts separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place, where the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat are placed. Finally, the table is positioned on the north side, the lampstand on the south side, and an embroidered curtain with five bronze bases is made for the entrance of the tent.

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¹“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them. ²Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size. ³Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well. ⁴Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set. ⁵Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another. ⁶Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit. ⁷You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all. ⁸Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. ⁹Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent. ¹⁰Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set. ¹¹Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit. ¹²As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it. ¹⁴Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather. ¹⁵You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. ¹⁶Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ¹⁷Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ¹⁸Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, ¹⁹with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon. ²⁰For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames ²¹and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame. ²²Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, ²³and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle, ²⁴coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners. ²⁵So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame. ²⁶You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, ²⁷five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west. ²⁸The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other. ²⁹Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold. ³⁰So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. ³¹Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. ³²Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. ³³And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. ³⁴Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. ³⁵And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side. ³⁶For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. ³⁷Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.

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